GDP per capita, long-run history in India

Latest: 7,766
Previous: 7,315
Change: +450.47 (+6.2%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: International dollars (2011 prices)

GDP per capita, long-run history over time

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices), Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for GDP per capita, long-run history in India
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	1,242
Dec 31, 1964	1,309
Dec 31, 1965	1,229
Dec 31, 1966	1,215
Dec 31, 1967	1,286
Dec 31, 1968	1,290
Dec 31, 1969	1,347
Dec 31, 1970	1,384
Dec 31, 1971	1,364
Dec 31, 1972	1,329
Dec 31, 1973	1,360
Dec 31, 1974	1,344
Dec 31, 1975	1,430
Dec 31, 1976	1,417
Dec 31, 1977	1,494
Dec 31, 1978	1,540
Dec 31, 1979	1,427
Dec 31, 1980	1,495
Dec 31, 1981	1,557
Dec 31, 1982	1,570
Dec 31, 1983	1,663
Dec 31, 1984	1,690
Dec 31, 1985	1,720
Dec 31, 1986	1,755
Dec 31, 1987	1,793
Dec 31, 1988	1,938
Dec 31, 1989	2,024
Dec 31, 1990	2,087
Dec 31, 1991	2,062
Dec 31, 1992	2,115
Dec 31, 1993	2,176
Dec 31, 1994	2,255
Dec 31, 1995	2,356
Dec 31, 1996	2,476
Dec 31, 1997	2,514
Dec 31, 1998	2,612
Dec 31, 1999	2,708
Dec 31, 2000	2,753
Dec 31, 2001	2,838
Dec 31, 2002	2,871
Dec 31, 2003	3,036
Dec 31, 2004	3,213
Dec 31, 2005	3,397
Dec 31, 2006	3,629
Dec 31, 2007	3,871
Dec 31, 2008	4,031
Dec 31, 2009	4,271
Dec 31, 2010	4,526
Dec 31, 2011	4,768
Dec 31, 2012	4,982
Dec 31, 2013	5,224
Dec 31, 2014	5,524
Dec 31, 2015	5,870
Dec 31, 2016	6,326
Dec 31, 2017	6,639
Dec 31, 2018	7,046
Dec 31, 2019	7,294
Dec 31, 2020	6,731
Dec 31, 2021	7,315
Dec 31, 2022	7,766

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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